A/N Wow, I know it has been a long time. But in my defense, I just sure hope there are alot of Harry Potter fans out there. I know you'll understand. Reading book 7 is all I can say for my excuse. But now I can finally breathe. That was quite the book!

A Change Of Heart

Miley's POV

I couldn't think of anything to say to this. I walked in the room and sat down next to him just as the bell rang.

I wasn't paying much attention to the teacher's regular lectures; just mostly thinking about what to do next. Now I was the one stuck to decide who should go for whom.

Don't worry about it; they can deal with it themselves

Hello, they're my friends. I've got to do something

Alright, what's it gonna be then?

Well first thing is first- who does Lilly really like?

Yeah, who does Lilly really like?

I hate you, you know?

What? I was just agreeing with you

No, you were repeating me

You know, by hating me, you're basically saying you just hate thinking.

Now you're the one that isn't making sense at all. Oh whatever, just leave

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After class I caught Oliver before he could leave for his next class.

He was a little annoyed, but stopped all the same and let me talk to him.

"Hey, are you busy after school? Because I was thinking you Lilly and I could hang-"

"Nope, sorry. I've gotta stay here and catch up on some homework." He sighed

I just raised an eyebrow at this statement. This wasn't like him.

"It's not detention or anything; Kunkle just noticed my grades falling a little…in biology. So she suggested that I…that I work a bit with her after school today." He said

Then he hiccupped. He tried to cover it up by quickly following it with a short, fake cough. But it didn't help.

"Oliver?"

"Yes?" he replied innocently

"You're a terrible liar you know that?" I smirked at him.

"Excuse me? That wasn't…hiccup!" then he punched his chest with his fist and gave another fake cough. "…w-wasn't a lie." He smiled.

"Mhmm…sure. Lilly told me that when you lie you hiccup." I smirked again as he frowned at me- defeated.

"Yeah ok, fine. So maybe I just don't want to go."

"Well why didn't you just tell me? You didn't have to lie about it."

"Alright I'm sorry it's just…I just don't feel like talking to Lilly right now."

"What? But I thought you just said-"

"I know I know, I said I like her and I'm not mad at her or anything. I just…need some time ok? So just hang without me."

Then with that he walked off to his next class just as the warning bell rang.

I only had another minute to get to class. It was only a few doors down, so I made it. But the walk seemed like forever with all these thoughts filling my head.

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As soon as school was out, I rushed to Lilly's locker to meet her there.

She was just closing the door and about to walk away, but I caught her in time. I grabbed the locker door just before she closed it.

"Oh no you don't, Lilly we need to talk." I had scared her again.

"Oh gosh Miley! Would you stop appearing out of nowhere like that? Now that's just scary." Then she closed the door.

"Yeah ok, sorry. But anyway, we need to talk about-"

"Oliver I know. I know he saw me and Jackson together, but why don't the three of us go to the beach later? I'll talk to him then."

"No uh Lilly, there's a bit more then him just finding out from that kiss." I said to her a little nervously. Now I didn't know what to do. Was I supposed to tell her or was Oliver? Well now that she has Jackson where's the harm right?

"The kiss? He didn't just see us together, he saw that kiss too? Oh man, so that's why he's mad." She stomped her foot.

"Well, yeah Lilly I should talk to you about that." I said a bit nervously. "But let's go to the beach first. I think that would be a better place to talk."

"Uh ok, sure let's go." She said a bit slowly and suspiciously.

"Oh wait, I gotta call my Dad first and tell him not to pick me up, then we can walk from here." I said as I already began to get out my cell phone and was calling him.

"Ok well what about Oliver, can he come too?" Lilly asked when I finished my short conversation with my Dad.

"No, he told me he's gotta…um, stay after and do some extra homework with Kunkle." I smiled at her.

Then I desperately tried to suppress a giggle that I knew would come, because I was also bad at lying. But it was too hard, it came right out. I giggled a few seconds after I told her what he wasn't really doing.

"What was that?" then she eyed me suspiciously

"Nothing, I just…thought of something funny. So how about the beach, huh? We better hurry."

Then I grabbed her hand and started to pull her out of the school. Once we were out, Lilly stopped so I stopped pulling her.

"W-wait, what about Oliver, is he really staying after school? Since when does he work with Kunkle?"

"Uh, w-well…since, since today." I smiled, and then giggled again.

Lilly just folded her arms and smirked at me. I slapped myself in the forehead because she had already figured out I was lying and I couldn't help it.

"Uhu, Miles you know you can't lie." She smiled

"Yeah I know and it's not really fair, you did this to me."

"True." She said with a look of satisfaction. "Hey, but what's the real truth about Oliver?" she pushed for more info.

"Ok I'll tell you at the beach." I said as we began to walk away from school.

"Oh, what about Jake, where has he been?"

"He had to miss school today for his show stuff. I text him like a minute ago and he said he will still be there until like, the evening." I finished as we approached the bar at Rico's.

"Oh I'm sorry. Well I guess that gives us more time to talk." She added with a smile.

"Yep, sure does." I said a little nervously

I still wasn't sure if I wasn't doing the right thing, but I knew she had to know somehow.

We ordered some drinks and then walked along the beach.

"So Miles, what was it you're going to-"

"Ok, first I just want to ask you how…" I took a deep breath. I didn't think this first part would be too easy. "…how much do you like Jackson?"

"Come on Miley, not this again. Look, if it really bothers you then I won't-"

"No no, this isn't about me, it really isn't. I'm totally fine with all that. But I just want to know how much do you like him? I mean think about it…do you really like him?"

There was a pause for a moment as we were slowly striding down the beach and sipping their drinks. Lilly looked as if she was deep in thought. Then another minute passed and she broke the silence.

"I, I don't know. I guess I never really thought about it before. I mean when he first kissed me it was a nice moment. So I figured we might start dating, because he can be sweet sometimes." She said and shrugged.

"So you only started dating him because you kissed him?"

"Well n…well yeah I-I guess I did?" Lilly said quietly and looking a little worried.

Then she glanced over to a shady spot of sand covered by some trees, just a few feet in front of us. She walked quickly over to it and I followed her.

We both sat down; the sand was cool from the shade. And the view was facing the ocean. It was a nice place to think and talk about things.

"So Lilly, does this mean you…" I didn't know how to say this now, or even what to say. "…you're just with him for no reason?"

"Well I thought there was something at first, but I guess it just doesn't make sense now that I think about it. Now it just sort of feels…fake." She said and looked down at the sand around her.

I looked at the reflection of the sky against the ocean as we talked.

"Wait, what were you going to say about Oliver now?"

"Well Lilly, he…he was mad because…" Ok I know Oliver won't do this anytime soon, so I just gotta go straight out with it. "…well because he was jealous."

"Oh my gosh really?!" Lilly said very surprised and looked over at me, although she had a hint of excitement in her at the same time, which she tried to hide. "Uh, oh I mean really? W-why would he be?" she said innocently in an oddly high pitched voice.

"Well he told me after lunch. He was, well he is jealous because…" gosh why is this so hard to tell her? "…because he likes you, but-"

"But I'm with Jackson." Lilly said very quietly, and then looked up at the ocean.

"So Lilly, do you…like Oliver?" I asked a little hesitantly.

"Well I…" she paused for a moment as realization suddenly hit her. "…Yeah, yeah I do." She said perking up and then a smile began to form on her face.

"Aw really that's so cute. You guys are so…wait a minute, what are you doing with Jackson then?" it suddenly hit me.

"Well it looks like we better get home soon. Ok Miles, let's go."

Then Lilly got up and brushed some sand off her legs. Clearly she was trying to avoid this topic. But I got up and did the same, then asked her again. This time it was in a slow voice, just to bug her and get her to answer.

"Lilly, what are you doing with Jackson?"

"Look Miley, I told you before, we had a nice kiss so I thought I'd go out with him."

Then she began to walk away and head toward Rico's

"W-whoa whoa, wait a minute Lilly do you know what you're doing now?!" I said a little loud as I caught up and began to walk with her. "Now that you know Oliver likes you and you realize you like him back- that means you're leading Jackson on."

Just after I said this she stopped because we had arrived at Rico's and she saw Jackson, working behind the bar. We were near a table, several feet away, so Jackson hadn't noticed us yet.

Lilly's eyes were wide at what I had just said and also with fear. I thought it was because she was afraid to confront Jackson right then. But she wasn't looking at him. Oliver had just walked in on the opposite side of Rico's; looking at the ground while walking.

Jackson still didn't notice any of us because he was still helping a customer. But once Oliver walked into view, his hands in his pockets nervously; he looked up from the ground and saw us. He was just a few tables away.

A/N The reviews were great from the last chapter. Keep them up!